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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. IBM Cloudant vs. YugabyteDB

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Datomic vs. IBM Cloudant vs. YugabyteDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLDatomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#144  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.85
Rank#95  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score2.48
Rank#108  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.datomic.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.datomic.comcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CognitectIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014Yugabyte Inc.
Initial release2016201220102017
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.7180, July 20242.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJava, ClojureErlangC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedLinux
OS X
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freedepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP/JSON APIJDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Clojure
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoTransaction FunctionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes infosql, plpgsql, C
TriggersnoBy using transaction functionsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Based on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentnono
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseyes
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AgensGraphDatomicIBM CloudantYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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